Flashback Friday: Gut Dysbiosis – Starving Our Microbial Self
Inadequate consumption of prebiotics—the fiber and resistant starch concentrated in unprocessed plant foods—can cause a...
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Friday Favorites: The Trade-Off Between Fertility and Longevity, and the Causes of Precocious Puberty
A century ago, the average age of first menstruation was nearly 17. Why is sexual maturity coming so much earlier now?
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The Best Diet for Fatty Liver Disease Treatment
What are the three sources of the liver fat in fatty liver disease and how...
Just How Bad Is Hospital Food?
What do hospitals have to say for themselves for feeding people meals that appear to...
Flashback Friday: Are There Risks and Benefits of Energy Drinks?
Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar brand energy drinks are put to the test.
Heart Stents and Upcoding: How Cardiologists Game the System
Cardiologists can criminally game the system by telling a patient they have a much more...
Why Are Stents Still Used If They Don’t Work?
Over and over, studies have shown that doctors tend to make different clinical decisions for...
Flashback Friday: Do Vitamin D Supplements Help with Diabetes, Weight Loss, and Blood Pressure?
Those with higher vitamin D levels tend to have lower rates of obesity, diabetes, and...
Do Heart Stent Procedures Work for Angina Chest Pain?
Sham surgery trials prove that procedures like nonemergency stents offer no benefit for angina pain—only...
Angioplasty Heart Stent Risks vs. Benefits
What do physicians and stent companies have to say for themselves, given that they are...
Flashback Friday: Benefits of Brewer’s Yeast for Diabetes
A half-teaspoon a day of brewer’s yeast is put to the test in a randomized,...
The Risks of Heart Stents
Why are doctors killing or stroking out thousands of people a year for nothing? How...
Why Angioplasty Heart Stents Don’t Work Better
Most heart attacks are caused by nonobstructive plaques that infiltrate the entire coronary artery tree....
